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Operations and Supply Chain Terms


Operations concepts, definitions and terms are covered in this Operations & SCM Dictionary. Operations & supplychain terms glossary covers concepts, definitions & tutorials related to SCM, inventory, logistics, warehousing, procurement, distribution and more.

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11 Activity Analysis 11594
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14837
13 Actual Demand 11281
14 Aggregate Planning 12324
15 Air Cargo 10213
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6734
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34987
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15401
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19406
20 Assembly Line 22737
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23109
22 Average Speed of Answer 26644
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23317
24 Batch Production 38656
25 Bill Discounting 14676
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11355
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7235
28 Blanket Release 10121
29 Bonded Warehouse 10151
30 Booking Number 13959
31 Bottleneck 9653
32 Buffer Stock 59572
33 Build to Stock 13110
34 Bullwhip Effect 9795
35 Business Logistics 25960
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12660
37 Capacity Management 40957
38 Capacity Utilization 14233
39 Capital Intensive 8538
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8882
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12240
42 Certified Supplier 9038
43 Channel Effectiveness 9016
44 Co-Destiny 9395
45 Co-managed Inventory 12671
46 Co-Packers 11869
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6977
48 Computer-Based Training 7768
49 Consular Invoice 19958
50 Container Depot 10692
51 Container Freight Station 10344
52 Continuous Replenishment 19665
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12176
54 Contract Carrier 7372
55 Contract of Affreightment 11505
56 Control Charts 8036
57 Cost Flow 10371
58 Courier Service 15366
59 CPFR 8308
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11901
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44411
62 Date Code 18433
63 Days of Supply 19968
64 Dead on Arrival 9449
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7393
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8213
67 Detective Control 9006
68 Devanning 14313
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11070
70 Dispatching 24723
71 Distributed Inventory 8441
72 Distribution Channel Management 35046
73 Distribution Metrics 9265
74 Distribution Planning 24328
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15364
76 Double Marginalization 52947
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22511
78 Dual 5500
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20726
80 Echelon Inventory 26348
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38389
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50047
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7700
84 Efficient Frontier 25656
85 Engineer-to-Order 31912
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16708
87 Erlang B Formula 9436
88 ETD 8410
89 Ex Works 7904
90 Exception Rate 13624
91 Exponential smoothing 9910
92 External Growth 10185
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9613
94 Field Services 7802
95 Field Warehouse 10837
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8914
97 Fishbone Diagram 14717
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27249
99 Flow Through Distribution 12427
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8283
101 FOB Destination 13163
102 Forward buying 30361
103 Freight Charge 10495
104 Freight Consolidation 7604
105 Gantt Chart 8355
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11851
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29720
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12792
109 Hub 23577
110 Idle Time 8152
 
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